A Little Doll

A Little Doll (Куколка) is a 1988 Soviet psychological drama film directed by Isaak Fridberg.

Plot
The film tells about a young gymnast who is seriously injured, as a result of which she decides to leave the sport. But it’s very difficult for her to come to terms with the idea that she is now just like everyone else.

Casting
Svetlana Zasypkina largely plays herself, under a fictional name Tanya Serebryakova, although Fridberg wrote the script without any knowledge about her. Zasypkina was a competitive gymnast, who trained between ages 6 and 16, and then retired due to a severe back injury sustained during competitions around 1988. Incidentally, Svetlana Zasypkina shares her surname with Maria Zasypkina, another Russian competitive gymnast. Maria also retired due to a back injury sustained during competitions, but later in 2001.

Cast

 * Svetlana Zasypkina as Tatyana Serebryakova
 * Irina Metlitskaya as Elena Mikhaylovna
 * Vladimir Menshov as Vadim Nikolaevich
 * Ervand Arzumanyan as Doctor
 * Igor Bugatko as Fedor «Khalyava» Khalikov
 * Natalya Nazarova as Tatyana's mother
 * Irina Petrova
 * Aleksey Polovichev as Aleksandr «Shura Pyatietazhnyy» Pyatnov
 * Galina Stakhanova as Valentina Nikolaevna
 * Mikhail Usachev as Headmaster